20070203 Gandhi Statue Celebration, India Day, Raleigh

Thanks to the generosity (raising $55,000 in a year and a half) and vision of the local Indian-American community and in particular the work of Dr. Arvind Shah and the Raleigh chapter of the Indian-American Forum for Political Education which he currently serves as president, a bronze lifesized statue, sculpted by Ram Sutar, of Mahatma Gandhi was donated to the people of North Carolina. On February 3, 2007 at Exploris Museum in downtown Raleigh, the statue was dedicated as part of India Day, with 1200 people in attendance. In addition to these pictures, you can see some video and images that I captured of a Bharatanatyam dance performance earlier in the day. You can read a News and Observer article about the event published the day before, Friday Feb. 2nd. I have a few digital audio files (.wav format) that I can email to anybody who is interested.